Toy cartridge type gun



' Jul y s, 1958 1-. w. NICHOLS 2,841,907

TOY CARTRIDGE TYPE GUN Filed April 3, 1957 7. VV. N/c/ro/s INVENTOR.

BY gem,

ATTORNEY v 2,841,907 v TOY cAR'rRmon GUN Talley Wehben Nichols, Jacksonville, TeXe Applicatiorr Api-il 3, 1957, seat No. 650,431

9Claims. (Cl. 42 5 1 V This invention relates to; toy guns, and more particularly to an improved capcartridge type pistol.

- It is an object of theinventlon to provide a toy pistol ha ving a rearwardly opening chamber for reception of aremovable cartridgejin co-operative relation with a trigger actuated hammer and into which chamber there projects a yieldable friction slide bearing for braking cartridgedisplacement and a fingeractuated slider at the forward limit of cartridge insertion providing-a means for pushing or ejecting-the cartridge from its frictionally held position within the chamber.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved design of easily formed sturdy parts arranged in a co-operative relationito facilitate manufacture and assembly andwherein the hollow gun body is longitudinally split into two bolted together complementary halves which can be separately cast or molded in a manner to avoid costly machining operations and with integral internal formations affording mounting pivots for the firing mechanism and a cartridge receiving chamber and having marginal abutment flanges which when the halves are assembled, are in edge to edge seating along the longitudinal body split and contain relieved portions forming openings or operating slots at proper places for the passage of outwardly extending parts of the interiorly mounted firing mechanism and the passage of a removable cartridge to and from the loading chamber and the passage of a cartridge ejector, and which latteris shaped to have interlocking and sliding keyed relation with adjoining flange edges. 2

Another object of the invention is to provide a pistol having a cartridge receiving chamber whose wall aifords a grounded bearing for an intermediate portion of a spring, bar onwir'e having one end in biasing abutment.

with the 'gun trigger and its opposite end portion bowed and projected longitudinally in the direction of the chamberaXis and'through' alongitudinal slot in the chamber wall to a height inside the chamber space as to lie in the path of andtoimake frictional sliding contact and exert a lateral spring force against the side of a cartridge and thereby brake its displacement from the'cartridge chamher in the absence of an ejecting push onthe cartridge.

to Additional objects andadvantages of the structure will I become apparent during the course of the followingspecification having reference to, the accompanying drawing wherein Fig. 1 is anelevation with fastening studs in section showing the operating mechanism of a toy gun beaver outer case and Figs. 2, 3, and 4 are transverse sections through the assembled body halves as viewed drawing, thefhollow' longitudinally As shown inf the split'b'odycomprises a thin wall cover half 1 and a complementar.y thin walljhalf z'ion'which the operating parts a are ,carried'. ;Major components? of the assembly are bright coated-'ornickel plated metal castings. In simulav i the opposite faces of the substantially on lines indicated at'2--2, 3-3, and 4-,-4,f respectively, of Fig. .1.

1 U d Saw Patent Patented July 8, 1 958 handle portion ofthe gun body or light-colored molded plastic covers 3 and 4.(see"-Fig.

2) having internal shouldered lugs. 5 and 6,;which fit through aligned openings in the side wallslof the halves 1 and 2, and these lugs conveniently are arranged to receive a fastening pin or screw threadedstud 7 which not only holds the decorative'covers in place but also through theseatings of the lugs 5 and 6, serves as one means for retaining the body halves or shells in assembly: An additional headed fastening screw 8 in thevicinity of the barrel ofthe gun can pass through an opening in the cover half 1 and into threaded engagement with an in-' V tmourited interiorly of oneof the split halves ofthe gun ternal boss cast on the body half 2.

Throughout themajor extent of the margins 'of thetwo body halves, there are cast on both halves inwardly: extended flanges 9, whose facing edges. arein seating abutment with one another along the longitudinal split. line of the hollow body assembly. In certain regions the marginal flanges 9 end short of abutment with one another or are relieved so as to form a round opening 10, representative of a gun bore, at the forward end of the gun barrel and elongated slots at 11, 12, and .13, and

these slots respectively are located in the top of the gun barrel for the longitudinal slide travel of an ejector 14 in the upper rearward portion of the gun handle for the passage of a pivoted hammer 15 and in the forward portion of the handle for reception of a depressible finger pad of a pivoted trigger lever 16.

The trigger 16 has an opening in a central region thereof to receive a pivot pin 17 cast as an internal lug on the gun body half-2 and a bottom edge of the trigger 7 is arranged to abut a limit stop 18 which conveniently is also a cast lug on the body half 2. A similar integrally Q cast pin 19 forms the pivot for the lower'end of the, hammer lever 15, which is rockable within opposite end,

limits of the flange slot 12 and is shown in Fig. l in a position in which its enlarged hammer head is in cap firing or released position. It is biased to this position by a spring wire or bar 20 having an intermediate coil wrapped around and located by the pin 19 with one end of the spring bar bearing against an abutment 21 on the swingable hammer and the other end of the. spring bar grounded against and held in compression by a pin 22 cast or fixed to the body half 2. has a forwardly projecting arm terminating in a locking nose 23 which when the hammer lever 15 is swung rearwardly, as by manual engagement with a thumb piece. 15 at the free cnd of thejlever, will swing upwardly into f contact with the tail 24 of the finger trigger 16 and lift the tail piece and then pass beyond the end thereof. Thereupon the tail piece 24 swings downwardly intothe path ahead of the nose 23 and latches the hammer in its rearward cocked position with the biasing spring 20 under compression to throw the hammer forward upon finger depression of the trigger 16 for lifting the locking abutment 24 out of aligned relation to the abutment 23. At its upper end the hammer receiving slot 12 is en- 'larged in width to receive the hammer head. and. also,

when the head is retracted, to accommodate the passage into and removal from the gun assembly of a cap containing cartridge. This toy cap cartridge consists of a pair of nestedinner and outer parts 25 and 26. The inner i part 25 simulates in appearance a cartridge bullet and its I rearward end is slidably encased within the outer member a V 26, which is of cup shape and resembles a cartridge shell;

A firing cap can be placed between the base of the outer shell 26 and the rearward face of the bullet 25 so that the latter can act as an anvil when the base of the cup 26 is I struck and banged forward by the triggerreleased-and' spring pressed hammer for firing the cap.

The rearwardly opening chamber for slidably receiving 1 the cartridge assembly may cross section be generally may be overlaid bywhite The hammer lever 15 3 square inv shape and of a transverse. dimension. slightly greater than the diameter of .the cartridge shell 26. The side walls of the chamber are constituted by side wall portions of the body halves L andi2; the upper chamber:

wall is afforded by the inturned upper bearingflanges 9 of the two halves while the bottomchamber wall 27 is formed by. an internally projecting web on the body: half '2. Longitudinally. extendingraised and narrow ribs may be centrally formedon each of the four walls as guide line bearings, and each of. one ormore. walls and at the forward end of the chamber is provided with an inwardly extending boss or stop shoulder 28 serving as a forward limit abutment seat for an annular flange-29'carried by the bullet 25 at a point adjacentthe forward edge of the cartridge shell.26' when these parts are assembled.

In the cartridge chamber wall 27 immediately overlying the' trigger housing space, is a longitudinallyextending slot 30 throughwhicha longitudinal spring bar projects into. the path of and for frictional bearing engagement with'the cartridge case 26. This spring bar is afforded by a bowed or bent portion 31 of a spring wire which also constitutes the trigger return biasing force. diate portion'of the length of the wire bears or is grounded at 32 against the chamber wall 27 at/the forward end of the slot 36, and the end of the bar opposite to the how 31- is formed with a right-angled bend that fits around the pivot pin 17 and has its terminal legin bearing abutment with a shoulder or pin 33 fixed on the trigger. Thus the force of the spring bar acting on the shoulder 33 biases the trigger in a clockwise direction, as viewed in Fig. 1, within the limit afforded by the stop 18, and independently of trigger biasing action the bowed portion 31 affords a friction sliding element engageable with a side of the cartridge 26 for yieldably retaining the cartridge in place even though the latter is loosely fitted within its receiving chamber. Thus when the hammer 15 is pulled back to its cocked position a cartridge can be easily inserted in the chamber by holding the cartridge in the fingers and pushing it forwardly into the chamber with enough force to overcome the lateral or radially inward force of the spring how 31 extending longitudinally in the direction of cartridge travel for an easy outward camming resilient action. Thereafter, even though the gun is pointed directly upwardly or is roughly handled, the cartridge will remain in place by spring action and will not drop out.

After a cap has been fired and it is desired to reload the cartridge with a new cap, the cartridge can be removed from the chamber by pushing rearwardly on the ejector 14' for slide action within its receiving slot 11. A dependent arm 34 of the ejector projects internally of the hollow gun body and is positioned just ahead of the nose of the bullet 25 when the ejector is at its forward limit of travel, but immediately the rearward travel begins, the arm 34 will'contact with the bullet 24 and finger pressure exerted on the ejector will be transmitted to the cartridge assembly-for overcoming the elastic pressure of the spring bow 31 exerted laterally and for moving the cartridge out of the chamber.

The ejector 14 is preferably a small one-piece casting which intermediate its vertical height is formed in opposite side faces with longitudinally extending grooves or with vertically spaced apart outwardly projected flanges 35 and 36. The vertical spacing between the flanges 35 and 36 conforms substantially to the thickness of the inturned marginal flanges 9 of the gun body halves, so that the flanges on the ejector and those on the gun body will overlap in tongue and groove relation and constitute interfitting key and keyway formations for an interlocked sliding retention of the ejector 14 within its receiving slot 11. Together, the upper ejector flanges 35'are substantially square in plan and afford a finger actuating knob by which the ejector can he slid back and forth. Extending upwardly from this finger knob will be a narrow longitudinally extending lug 37 to simulate a gun sight in longitudinal alignment with a raisedsighting lug 38cast An interme- Y 4 at the forward end. of the guntbarrel. on one of. the body halves.

From the foregoing description it will be apparent that there is provided a simple design for a toy cap pistol which will involve a minimum number of parts easily manufactured and assembled and which will provide an attractive toy simulating.the-appearance of a real pistol of the type in favor many years ago and known in the trade as a derringer. Modifications of a preferred embodiment illustrated in the drawing may be made without departing from the invention as defined in the attached claims.

What is claimed is:

1. In a toy gun of the removable cartridge type, a gun body having a wall portion bounding a chamber which is for slidable insertion into and ejection from the chamber of a removable cap containing cartridge, a hammer mechanismhaving a trigger pivotally mounted in the body, a bar spring having a grounded bearing at one end on said chamber wall and having in spaced relation to said grounded end an abutment on the trigger to yieldably bias the same in onedirection, said spring at its grounded end having'a portion thereof projected through an opening in said wall and into said chamber in the path of a cartridge for frictional engagement by the side of a cartridge located within the chamber and a slidable ejector slidably carried by the body for-movement in the direction of cartridge insertion-ejection travel,- said ejector having inside the body a cartridge engaging abutment and having outside said body afinger actuating abutment.

2. A cartridge type toy gun comprising ahollow body medially split into separable sections with opposed upper marginal flanges, a removable cartridge" receiving chamber underlying said upper marginal flanges and a cartridge ejector having a portion inside the hollow body constituting a pusher abutment for the forward portion of a cartridge positioned in'the chamber, a finger portion outside the body, an intermediate portion slidable within a flange slot for travel in the direction of cartridge insertion and ejection and interfitting key formations on opposite sides of said intermediate portion and on the flange slot marginal edges.

3. The structure of claim 2 wherein said interfitting key formations comprise the opposed flange edges on both sides of the slot and grooved keyways on opposite side faces of said intermediateportion for reception of and slidable guide track travel on said opposed flange edges of the separable sections; 7

4. A cartridge type'toy gun comprising a hollow body having a forwardly projected gun barrel and a cartridge chamber at the rear of the barrel extending in the general direction of forward barrel projection andhaving a loading opening to accommodate slidable" reception of a removable cartridge through said loading opening and in the direction of barrel projection, an apertured wall at one side of said chamber and ayieldable spring means having a bearing portion extending through. the apertured wall and into the cartridge receiving chamber'for frictional slide bearing contact by the side. of'a cartridge positioned in the chamber as resistance to* cartridge removal.

5. In a cartridge'type toy gun, a longitudinally split hollow body enclosing a' rearwardly openingchamber for removable reception of a cartridge and comprising a pair of halves secured in side by side relation and provided at adjoining sides with upper marginal flanges in edge to edge abutment, one of said flanges along its edge in the region above said' pocket being laterally and longitudinally relievedto define in co-operation with the other edge a cartridge ejector locating slot extending in the direction of the axis of said cartridge chamber, a cartridge ejector having an intermediate portion projected through said slot and formed on opposite side faces with guide grooves receiving said flange edges and being retained by and slidable on said 'flan'ge's for travel i keyway formations. V V t V 7.A cartridge type gun as in claim 6 wherein a bowed' within said slot, said ejector also having projected out- I Wardly of the body from said intermediate retaining and guide portion a finger piece through which cartridge ejecting force may be transmitted and an inward pro v jection extended into the forward end of said chamber as a cartridge engageable pusher when the ejector is moved rearwardly in said slot, firing mechanism including a pivoted lever mounted within the body, a'bar spring hava ing'one end abutting said lever to bias it in one direction and having a portion spaced from'said end in grounded abutment with a cartridge chamber wall and another portio'n beyond said groundedportion projected through an aperture in said chamber wall-and into'the path of a re- "movable cartridge for frictional slide bearing 'withthe j f side of a cartridge positioned, within the chamber and whose friction is to be overcome upon actuation of said eiectori 1 i -01 A cartridge type gun'including a longitudinally split a cartridge, ejector longitudinally slidably carried by the body and projectedinto the forward end of said cartridge chamber for rearward ejecting travel, said ejector and the adjacentportions of-the split body in the sides there of having interlocking key and keyway formations accommodating guided longitudinal ejector slide travel and i vfastening means holding together the split body in as sembly with the ejector throughsaid interlocking key and spring extends longitudinallyfthrough an elongated slot braking force laterally against the side of a cartridge po 9. In a toy gun, a-hammer, a body hammer and having a rearwardly open chamber to re- 1 ceive and position a removable cartridge in the path of, p and forward of the hammer, a cartridge comprised as separable parts of a casing and a bullet simulating insert serving as-an anvil for a firing cap fitting tbetweenrsaid' parts, a cartridge insert abutment stop positioned in the chamber to'locate a cartridge for firing co'ope'ration with said hammer, a cartridge ejector having an insertlengage" V able portion inside the chamber and a finger actuating t portion'accessible from outside the body and meansslid-;

7 body enclosing a rearwardly opening cartridge'chamber,

siti'oned within the chamber;

8. A cartridge type gun as n claim 6 wherein a trigger I is pivoted within the body and'a bar spring hasone' end.

in biasing abutmentwith the trigger, an intermediate ba'rportion in grounded bearing with the wall of said cham-ir p her and a bowed portionxexten'ding toward the spring 1 opposite end from said grounded portion and projec'ting 7 through a longitudinal slot in said chamber wall for fric- 7 removably positional drag contact with a cartridge tioned in the chamber.

ably rnounting said ejector on the'ibodyfor cartridge ejecting action travel longitudinally of said chamber. 7 References Cited in the fileof this patent} UNITED STATESVPATENTS 210,971

supporting the V Smith Decilj, 1878 359,895 Shepard et a1. Mar. 22,- 

